Chhabed Sathee, back from Boston: Mahbub-E-Khoda (Khoka) was elected president and Rajibur Rahman Rajib was elected as general secretary in the biennial elections of the Bangladesh Association of New England (BANE) in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Last Friday and Saturday (November 10 and 11), Khoka-Saju-Rajib Parishad won the election with a huge margin of votes.
On Friday and Saturday (November 10 and 11), a total of 1,629 people voted out of about 6,000 voters. Khoka got 1 thousand 154 votes for the post of president. His rival Tanvir Murad got 475 votes. This information was revealed by the Election Commission responsible for Bane’s election.
Sajjadur Rahman Saju got 1 thousand 179 votes for the post of vice president, rival candidate Md Taj Uddin got 4 hundred 41 votes. Rajibur Rahman Rajib got 1 thousand 178 votes for the post of general secretary, rival candidate Shanta Baquee got 5 hundred 59 votes. Ashikur Rahman got 1 thousand 147 votes for the post of joint general secretary, rival candidate Mashibul Amin Saikat got 4 hundred 54 votes. Zahirul Hussain got 1 thousand 1 hundred and 26 votes for the post of organizational and office secretary, rival candidate Pritam Barua got 4 hundred and 87 votes. For the post of treasurer, Moniruzzaman Khan got 1 thousand 139 votes, rival candidate Ibnul Hasan Ipu got 4 hundred 68 votes. AD Shubo got 1 thousand 136 votes for the post of joint treasurer, rival candidate Selina Chowdhury got 4 hundred 78 votes. Rehana Parveen Eti got 1 thousand 1 hundred 43 votes for the post of cultural secretary, rival candidate Maher Noha Ahmed got 4 hundred 73 votes. Mousumi Rahman got 1 thousand 151 votes for the post of joint cultural secretary, rival candidate Nasreen Shahriar got 4 hunred 59 votes. BM Raihanuzzaman got 1 thousand 124 votes for the post of social welfare secretary, rival candidate Istiaq Ahmed got 4 hundred 77 votes. For the post of Sports Secretary, Ekramul Pijan got 1 thousand 101 votes, rival candidate Noor Mohammad got 5 hundred19 votes. Amin Hossain got 1 thousand 131 votes for the post of education affairs secretary, rival candidate Md. Merazul Islam got 4 hundred 74 votes. Pankaj Chandra Das got 1 thousand 1 hundred 7 votes for the post of Public Relations Secretary, rival candidate Masud Akbar got 4 hundred 98 votes. For the post of executive member (one) SM Saifur Islam got 1 thousand 112 votes, the rival candidate Amtiaz Uddin got 4 hundred 98 votes and for the post of executive member (two) Md Masud Rana got 1 thousand 1 hundred 44 votes, the rival candidate Abdul Quader got 4 hundred and 58 votes. 694 votes are subtracted from the above result (taken in the dark of night a week ago).
Allegations of connivance with the other panel Tanvir-Taj-Shanta Parishad were found even before the submission of nomination papers. Since the submission of nomination papers, there have been reports of various irregularities and nepotism against Chief Election Commissioner Salauddin Khan. A week before the scheduled polling day, Tanvir-Taj-Shanta went to various towns and took polls in the dark of night. The biggest allegation of irregularities and nepotism was the unconstitutional ‘voting by mail’ process. From the beginning, the Khoka-Saju-Rajib Parishad has been vocal against postal voting. The Election Commission did not give importance to any complaint of Khoka-Saju-Rajib Parishad.
As a result, Khoka-Saju-Rajib Parishad resorted to court. In view of the complaint filed by the lawyer, the learned judge gave the prohibition order in section 65 of the Massachusetts Code of Civil Procedure last Monday (November 7). In view of the complaint filed by the lawyer, last Monday (November 7) in Section 65 of the Code of Civil Procedure of the state of Massachusetts, the learned judge of the Lawrence Superior Court, Janice W. Howe issued the restraining order.
Election Commissioner Salahuddin Khan Saikat said, keeping in mind the ban of the court, as per the constitution, we will hold evening polls on Friday (November 10) and all-day polling on Saturday (November 11), but he did not follow that.
Lawrence Superior Court Judge Janice W. Mahbub-e Khoda will defeat another candidate Tanvir Murad for the presidency by a margin of 679 votes if advance counting of votes is canceled as per How’s pre-announced instructions. In defiance of the judge’s order, the Chief of the Election Commission Salauddin Khan Saikat declared his panel including Tanvir Murad as the winner by adding 694 votes in advance polls (taken in the dark of the night a week ago) and insisting on the objection of the representatives of Khoka-Saju-Rajib Parishad. Mahbub-e-Khoda (Khoka), the presidential candidate for Khoka-Saju-Rajib Parishad, rejected his tallied results.
Mahbub-i-Khoda (Khoka), the presidential candidate for Khoka-Saju-Rajib Parishad, has rejected the premeditated results when the selection panel of the Election Commission declared the margin of only 15 votes, ignoring the court’s pre-announced instructions. The Election Commission unilaterally announced the results of the polls without the consent of a panel in defiance of the court’s instructions.
It is to be noted that 30 candidates are fighting in two panels for the 15 positions of Bane’s executive council. The candidates of a panel became angry when the election commission announced ‘voting by mail’ against the constitution with the aim of nepotism and vote rigging in this year’s elections. strongly objected to the Election Commission. But the Election Commission did not take their complaints into consideration and stuck to its fabricated decision.
Allegations of connivance with the other panel Tanvir-Taj-Shanta Parishad were found even before the submission of nomination papers. Since submitting the nomination papers, various irregularities and nepotism have been reported against him. A week before the scheduled polling day, Tanvir-Taj-Shanta went to various towns and took polls in the dark of night. The biggest allegation of corruption was the unconstitutional ‘voting by mail’ process. From the beginning, the Khoka-Saju-Rajib Parishad has been vocal against postal voting. The Election Commission did not give importance to any complaint of Khoka-Saju-Rajib Parishad.
As a result, Khoka-Saju-Rajib Parishad resorted to the court through their lawyers.
According to the pre-announced directions of the court, the final result will have to wait for the further directions of the court. The Khoka-Saju-Rajib Parishad rejected the results of the Election Commission’s preferred panel by ignoring the pre-announced instructions of the court and immediately announcing the margin of only 15 votes.
Lawrence Superior Court Judge Janice W. Howe. Mahbub-e Khoda will defeat another candidate Tanvir Murad for the presidency by a margin of 679 votes if advance counting of votes is canceled on Howe’s pre-announced instructions. In defiance of the judge’s order, the Chief of the Election Commission Salauddin Khan Saikat declared his panel including Tanvir Murad as the winner by adding 694 votes in advance polls (taken in the dark of the night a week ago) and insisting on the objection of the representatives of Khoka-Saju-Rajib Parishad. Mahbub-e-Khoda (Khoka), the presidential candidate for the Khoka-Saju-Rajib Parishad, has already rejected his preconceived and premeditated results. Khoka-Saju-Rajib Parishad won by a huge margin in the two days of polling.
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